this is bbc news. the headlines at 7pm. cross—party brexit talks collapse. jeremy corbyn pulls the plug blaming the weakness and instability of the government. the divisions in the conservative party mean the government is negotiating with no authority or ability to deliver. we haven't been able to ove i’co [ti e deliver. we haven't been able to overcome the fact that there isn't a common position on labour about whether they want to deliver brexit ora whether they want to deliver brexit or a second referendum which could reverse it. also coming up, more harrowing testimony from the inquest into the london bridge attacks. a police constable told the inquest he tried to fight off the tee killer is armed only with a batten. a neo—nazi

who planned to murder the labour mp rosie cooper is jailed for life. talks to avert the collapse of british steel resume today after the firm secured funds to stay afloat until the end of may and a statue of the comedian victoria wood is unveiled three years after she died. good evening. talks between labour and the conservatives to break the deadlock over brexit, have ended without a deal. after weeks of negotiations, the labour leaderjeremy corbyn said they collapsed because of what he called "the increasing weakness and instability of the government." but theresa may blamed divisions in the labour party, over whether or not there should be another referendum. mrs may says she'll now consider holding a series of votes for mps to try to agree on a way forward. here's our deputy political

editorjohn pienaar. jeremy corbyn always looked more likely to back away from mrs may's brexit plan than bail her out and today, sure enough, faint hopes of a cross—party compromise finally died. these talks have now reached what i believe to be a natural conclusion. the prime minister has announced the date she is leaving. there have been increasing noises off stage by conservative cabinet ministers and others who don't agree with much of the talks, or any of the discussions we are holding, so we are concluding the talks. so no comfort here for a prime minister on borrowed time. helping her was hardly missed a corbyn‘s priority, anyway. what a time to promote the tories‘ faltering euro election campaign. no cheering crowds. not many there in bristol for her stock message. next thursday, we will be holding european elections. the conservative party did not want to be fighting these. we wanted to be out of the european union.

indeed, if parliament had backed our brexit deal, we could already have left the eu. and the breakdown of brexit talks — all labour's fault. we have not been able to overcome the fact there isn't a common position in labour about whether they want to deliver brexit or hold a second referendum which could reverse it. six long weeks of talks. workers‘ rights, green policy, that was easy. sharing customs rules with the eu — many tory mps hated that — and any deal without a referendum would have split labour. now these talks are over, ministers will consider testing ideas in parliamentary votes and hope enough mps backed a plan and pass the legislation to deliver brexit in earlyjune. i think it's important that parliament takes a decision and i think that means every mp thinking in their conscience that perhaps they are going to have to accept their second or third preference to find the right compromise.

but the pressure's intense. those tories who are campaigning at all — many aren't bothering — expect a bad euro election night next thursday. do you think you are too divisive a character to be tory leader? borisjohnson‘s now declared himself a candidate to succeed mrs may. other potential runners would also like to see brexit delivered first. do you want the top job, mr gove? hello, good morning. i think the most important thing that we all need to do is to focus on the fact that the government are bringing forward the withdrawal agreement bill, which will enable us to leave the european union. if theresa may's last effort to get brexit passed here ends in failure, the next tory leader may well take office having promised a sharper break from the eu. the ca rd—carrying conservatives who will choose britain's next prime minister are, by and large, brexiteers. senior conservatives are convinced that the chances of britain leaving with no deal are as high now as they have ever been. parliament might oppose that, but constitutional experts say only the government could, at a single stroke, stop it happening.

well, scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has been giving her reaction to that breakdown of talks between labour and the conservatives, which were supposed to find a way forward. we well, as we have done these last three years, work with others to help give people the final say. any brexit deal agreed by westminster must be put to the people with remain an option on the ballot paper. and if no deal is the only alternative, article 50 must be revoked and scotland must have the choice of becoming an independent european nation. the liberal democrats' ed davey has also been responding to the days events the prime minister is extraordinarily weak. her own mps didn't want herto

extraordinarily weak. her own mps didn't want her to negotiate with labour. the labour position is extremely confused because jeremy corbyn has never been able to make up corbyn has never been able to make up his mind what he wants. he certainly can't commit as the liberal democrats have done to giving people the final say. there isa giving people the final say. there is a possibility they can resume these talks but it is absolute chaos and mess. well, our political correspondent, nick eardley is at westminster. what did these talks between the conservatives and labour achieve or tell us that we didn't already know? there has been for some time and expectation at westminster that these talks would fail to come up with the brexit eureka moment were suddenly the labour party and the conservatives could agree and get something through parliament. there we re something through parliament. there were huge issues to overcome. these talks went into remarkable detail and there were some areas where the

two sides got fairly close to one another. number ten insists it was willing to compromise on the customs union and move towards labour on things like environmental standards and workers' rights, but labour didn't think the government was going far enough and increasingly in the last few days there was a feeling in the labour party particularly in the leadership that whatever theresa may promised in these talks and whatever came out in any deal wouldn't necessarily be delivered, because increasingly there is talk of brexiteers taking over the conservative party when theresa may stands down, and people like borisjohnson theresa may stands down, and people like boris johnson and theresa may stands down, and people like borisjohnson and esther mcvey have made clear they don't like these talks and wouldn't honour whatever they came up with. we got to the point frankly were labour said we are not getting enough and darren convinced the prime minister

will deliver. knowing that theresa may has said that at some point soon she will step down, what are her options in the coming weeks?m she will step down, what are her options in the coming weeks? it is looking hard and she is frustrated because she doesn't think labour came up with a united position to ta ke to came up with a united position to take to these talks. that is true, there is division and the labour party on another referendum, but she has returned to a position where brexit watchers will know she has beenin brexit watchers will know she has been in before, has to has to try to win over now in groups of mps. so three particular groups she can try to twist the arms of in the next few weeks, labour mps from brexit supporting areas, those who have a lot of pressure to try to get this process delivered. to be honest so far it doesn't seem like many are changing their minds yet. three weeks until the legislation back. the dup, no sign they will budge u nless the dup, no sign they will budge unless something fundamental changes on that issue of the irish backstop.

likewise that is the case for tory rebels. the 35 or so who wouldn't get on board with the plan, and speaking to some today, they have been warning they have not changed their minds and some of the brexiteers who reluctantly got on board last time may not back the prime minister this time because they are so unhappy that talks with labour have been taking place. so it doesn't look good for theresa may. don't write her offjust doesn't look good for theresa may. don't write her off just yet because there are a lot of factors to think of when this legislation comes forward , of when this legislation comes forward, not least that some mps are sitting around tables this weekend saying this could be our last chance to amend legislation in parliament to amend legislation in parliament to legally rule out no deal or bring forward some other option, so the withdrawal agreement bill is not definitively dead yet but it is not ina good definitively dead yet but it is not in a good place tonight either. who would be a flip this week? absolutely. who would be a whip at

any time in the last three months because they have faced insurmountable challenge after insurmountable challenge after insurmountable challenge after insurmountable challenge but they keep doing it and they will be looking for that over the next few weeks to try to find something and thatis weeks to try to find something and that is why this indicative vote process is still being floated by the government as well because the idea is they could go to parliament and test a bunch of options, see if any are close to commanding a majority, and then use that process to try to influence the legislation they are bringing forward to then say, if that is what you want, maybe do that and it might get you on board. not for the first time we are staring into a position where we are approaching another key brexit vote inafew approaching another key brexit vote in a few weeks' time, and it's really ha rd to in a few weeks' time, and it's really hard to see how it results in anything but failure for the government. so what next for the brexit process — and the prime minister's deal? maddy thimont—jack is a brexit researcher for the independent think tank, the institute for government.

nice to have you here. lots to be keeping you busy! so nick is talking about this idea of votes in the coming week. what do you think might play out? as nickjust said, there is the option for the government of another round of indicative votes. we had two rounds already earlier this year which were organised by backbenchers but this time the government would take control of the process to see if they could find some way forward in parliament to see whether mps rally around something and it might be as simple as mps saying they do want to leave the eu by 31st as mps saying they do want to leave the eu by 3istjuly or it might be they want to see some sort of coalition around some formal customs union as a sort of option for the future relationship. you might find a group of mps willing to support that which the government might be willing to negotiate with the eu. how important is it that new ideas

and amendments come forward rather than rehashing all the old ones? the problem is we seem to have covered most of the spectrum of options. we have had votes on whether to have another referendum on brexit, we have had votes on whether to have a much softer form of brexit as well asa much softer form of brexit as well as a more distant relationship, and what we have seen so far is that mps might rule out one option one week but they are refusing to accept it has been taken off the table, so we are likely to see votes on similar things to what mps have ruled out if we have another series of indicative votes. and how much more are less likely is no deal? it remains the default and we are leaving the eu as it stands on 31st october without or with a deal. now we have seen the eu are willing to accept an extension, and if the government asked for

another extension they would probably agree to it. the big question now is given that theresa may has said she is willing to step down after a second reading of this piece of legislation, whether or not mps support it, the big question is who replaces theresa may as leader of the conservative party and therefore the prime minister, and if they want to head for a no deal exit, then it strikes me that unless mps want to use this piece of legislation to avoid a no deal exit thenit legislation to avoid a no deal exit then it will be much harderfor mps to stop prime minister who was really intent on no deal. these cross— party really intent on no deal. these cross—party talks between the conservatives and labour would have collapsed and what you number of people were opposed to, what impact might they have on how people now choose to vote if they really don't feel they need to be loyal to the party? with the cross-party talks, whatever came out of it there was never really a guarantee that you would create a sustainable majority because the leadership of both parties have a lot of mps opposed to

their brexit positions. the last four months we have seen a breakdown of authority on both sides so i am not convinced the breakdown of talks is necessarily definitive. we have already seen mps willing to defy their whip on votes so i think we are still in the position we were when the talks began. i think people hope for some kind of resolution but really, we have wasted some time, in the words of donald tusk, and were not really any closer to resolving this brexit arm pass. and we'll find out how this story , and many others , are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are benedicte paviot, uk correspondent for france 2a, and president of the foreign press association, and kate andrews the associate director of the institute of economic affairs, the iea. new figures show that 100 people have been fatally the inquests into the eight people who died in the london bridge

attacks in 2017, have heard how a young nurse was killed after rushing to the aid of one of the victims. kirsty boden, who was 28 and from australia, had told herfriends "i'm a nurse, i have to help." she was stabbed to death as she tried to save a waiter, who also died. daniel sandford reports ki rsty kirsty bowden was 28, an australian nurse with a love of travel who had settled in london with an english boyfriend. on the night of the attack her flowery dress was caught on cctv as she came to the bar bistro for e—mail. she and her friends had just opened a second bottle of wine when a van crashed into the railings above where she was eating. at that point the camera picked up kirsty telling herfriends to wait while she went to treat the injured. she was to be a bridesmaid ata injured. she was to be a bridesmaid at a friend's wedding. the friend told the inquest... as the stabbing

began, kirsty was seen rushing to help alexander, dying on the ground, but she herself was then attacked and despite the efforts of her friends and an off duty gp she also died. she was one girl on her own against three guys armed with knives. it was only after she received the fatal wounds that she then left. leaving five people dying from stab wounds and others seriously injured, the attackers headed down borough high street towards a tapas restaurant. they started stabbing a young couple, who had just finished their meal. on foot patrol across the road was pc wayne marques. he was helping treat another victim when he saw one of

the attackers stabbing oliver dowling and armed only with his batten he went for the knifeman. soon, he was fighting all three attackers hoping firearms officers would soon turn up. com pletely completely unarmed, an off—duty pc fought the group as well. seen here in the sunglasses he has also been given the george medal, but soon both officers were down injured in the attackers moved on looking for other people to kill. the headlines on bbc news. cross party brexit talks collapse — jeremy corbyn pulls the plug on them, blaming the weakness and instability of the government. the inquests into the london bridge attacks hears how a young nurse was killed, after rushing to the aid

of one of the victims. a neo—nazi who planned to murder the labour mp, rosie cooper, is jailed for life at the old bailey. new figures show that 100 people have been fatally stabbed so far this year in the uk, amid a rise in serious knife crime in england and wales over the last five years. the vast majority are young men under 30.police have brought charges in 85 of the 100 cases, 30 of which were in london. but knife injuries are actually down in the capital by 10 per cent on last year. in the west midlands, there have been 8 deaths due per cent on last year. in the west midlands, there have been 8 deaths due to knives since january, and the police and crime commissioner, has now declared an emergency, as our home affairs correspondent tom symonds, reports from birmingham. this is what a knife can do to a child's arm in a second. jack, he's14, was robbed and stabbed by strangers in a park in dudley.

how many is it, jack? 14. he was very close to having an artery cut, wasn't he? and that would have been very, very serious. yes, really. he was... he'sjust so lucky. if that had gone through his stomach as well, again, he wouldn't be here. we've got to do something. we've got to stop it. we really have got to stop it. it's wrong. there you go. the 100 fatal knife attacks this year are concentrated in big cities. the west midlands has eight. that's a high number, given its population. a 19—year—old was stabbed right here in birmingham. thankfully, he survived. the blood is still here on the steps. when you talk to the police and experts about this, you get all sorts of answers. drugs, social media, children excluded from school. but what about austerity? in 2009, a training session for gang mediators who tried to intervene when rivals in birmingham

were trying to kill each other. the murder rate fell. but in 2012, the scheme was scrapped. it hurts in here. and it wasn't. .. the fact that something that was working so well was just literally thrown away. so, they stopped it because of funding? i thought they felt it was job done, but the catalyst for that was austerity. and of course, it wasn'tjob done, so they're having to reintroduce gang mediation. lack of cash is also hampering the police, even in priority violent crime. unquestionably, in some cases of violence, the investigation won't move at the same pace as it would have done in the past. and pace is important. pace is hugely important, so we prioritise these things hugely, but sometimes that competing demand means the resourcing isn't always adequate. there was a stabbing just down the road by the shop. at this primary school in coventry, a new approach. the children...

so, we're going to do a scenario. teach each other to deal with conflict. you tell satnam, and he says he's going to take a knife into school to protect himself. the idea is, it makes them more resilient before they head to secondary school, more able to say no to peer pressure. if it starts like a big like argument, it might start getting like other people involved. this is what's sometimes called a public health approach to violence. in other words, immunising children to a disease which may be spreading. it's got the appearance that those people who are inclined to violence are actually becoming more violent than they were previously. someone has to clean the blood from the streets. much harder to find ways of preventing the bloodshed. tom symonds, bbc news, birmingham. a neo—nazi who planned to murder the labour mp rosie cooper in a terror attack, has been jailed for life with a minimum of 20 years. jack renshaw who's 23, also admitted threatening

to kill a police officer who was investigating him, for child sex offences. a doctor who sexually assaulted women and girls, one as young as 12, has been jailed for ten—and—a—half years. alan tutin assaulted the victims at the merrow park practice in guildford, targetting the most vulnerable patients over two decades. he was convicted of 16 assaults in total, which were committed after telling the women and girls they needed breast and internal examinations. one of the women he assaulted, wasjoy peart, a midwife at the surgery. it made me feel dirty and violated. and i actually couldn't believe that he did it to me, particularly being a health professional also and having worked with him. i was just grateful that i had my colleagues i could tell straight after the event happened. and in terms of the fact

that nothing was done at that time to get rid of him, how does that make you feel? in hindsight it makes you feel angry but back then, it was gps are infallible. talks about the future of british steel have restarted today. the company's got the money to stay afloat until the end of may, and the bbc understands that its future will be discussed at "ministerial level". ian reeve reports. for 60 years this mill on teesside has taken for 60 years this mill on teesside has ta ken slabs for 60 years this mill on teesside has taken slabs of steel and turned them into beams for use in construction, but this week it came perilously close to shutting as its pa rent perilously close to shutting as its parent company british steel was a p pa re ntly parent company british steel was apparently on the brink of administration, blaming brexit turmoil. it asked the government for a loan of £75 million. that didn't happen but company lenders have come to the rescue, pumping and cash while it tries to plot a long—term

future which may or may not involve government help. a teesside mp who knows about the pain steeljob losses can bring, says it has every reason to invest in the industry. we have a fantastic steel industry in this country, cutting edge and innovative in developing lots of new types of steel. very efficient with a great workforce and there are many reasons why we should have a thriving steel industry but at the moment we are not competing on a level playing field with other countries and around the world. with a strategic approach to support the industry we can really do that. the company behind british steel as an investment house called grey bill. buying it in 2016. it rescued other businesses but equally had some failure is, such as the crashed airline monarch. a500 people across the country are hoping its steel investment proves to be one of its eventual winners. a two metre high statue of the immensely popular and much missed comedian and actress

victoria wood has been unveiled in her home town of bury today. it's three years since she lost her battle with cancer. the statue shows her posed in her trademark stage stance, with microphone in hand. a two metre high statue of the immensely popular and much according to herfriend, comedian ted robbins, victoria wood was a "shy show—off". so what would she have made of her statue? dave guest was there for the big reveal. this song, the ballad of barry and frida, spoke volumes about victoria wood's humour. quick, clever, beautifully crafted and very funny. so what better than a new arrangement of her classic to herald the start of a special day in her home town. the townsfolk are here to see the unveiling of a statue in

honour of the comic genius who was one of their own. she was a shy show off but she loved gatherings like this. she would say, nice to see so many northern ladies and cowgirls. she told me her favourite word was macaroon. to coffee, no sweets. what you think she would have made of all this, is statue her honour? if anybody asked her if she wanted a statue she would have said, no, but if you want to do it go ahead and do it. if marjorie was to let her concentration lapse for just it. if marjorie was to let her concentration lapse forjust one second... she is a cultural icon for this country and one of barry's favourite daughters so we are delighted that her legacy is honoured in this way. it is very suitable that the statue is situated slap bang opposite the library here

in bury, because as legend has it the young victoria wood has a habit of borrowing books from here unofficially, and she returned one as recently as ten years ago, with a letter of apology of course. the statue is perfect. come all the way from charlie just to see it.|j have been watching it from the first cutting of the grass until now and it has come out very good. and for ted robin is to be here it is a true honour and i ted robin is to be here it is a true honourand i am ted robin is to be here it is a true honour and i am sure victoria would have been thrilled. but if she were here, she would have said what the heckis here, she would have said what the heck is all this fuss about? victoria wood, who changed how people view the woman's weekly forever. time for the weather.

low pressure will be near to the shores this week, bringing a more u nsettled shores this week, bringing a more unsettled theme and cloud around and outbreaks of rain. tonight looks like a reversal of fortunes after a glorious day across much of scotland. turning wetter with persistent heavy rain while further south, cloudy and relatively dry with one or two showers. mild for most because of the cloud cover. this weekend, pretty cloudy across northern areas with long spells of rain. sunny spells and showers. some could be heavy and thundery. this is the picture for saturday, starting off on the picture for saturday, starting offona the picture for saturday, starting off on a wet and damp note. england and wales have cloud to begin with was sunshine making an appearance. the temperature rise sets off a few sharp showers. if you catch a shower they will be slow moving and heavy. the temperature 18 or so across the south—east, cooler further the temperature 18 or so across the south—east, coolerfurther north than some more on sunday.

hello this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines. cross party brexit talks collapse — jeremy corbyn pulls the plug on them, blaming the weakness and instability of the government. the differences within the conservative party mean it's a government that is negotiating with no authority and no ability that i can see to actually deliver anything. in particular, we haven't been able to overcome the fact that there isn't a common position in labour about whether they want to deliver brexit or hold a second referendum which could reverse it. the inquests into the london bridge attacks hears how a young nurse was killed, after rushing to the aid of one of the victims. a neo—nazi who planned to murder the labour mp, rosie cooper, is jailed for life at the old bailey. talks to avert the collapse of british steel resumed today —— after the firm secured funds to stay afloat until the end of may. a statue of the comedian, victoria wood, is unveiled in her home town of bury, three years after her death.

coming up, rehearsals are under way, and the stage is set, for what's probably the most controversial eurovision song contest ever held. more now on well let's get more now on the news that figures obtained by bbc news — from police forces across the uk — show that a hundred people have died from knife wounds so far this year. most of those who died were male. almost half were aged less than 30, and nearly a—third of the killings took place in london. we can speak now to leroy logan, who served the metropolitan police for 30 years. he's now chairman of the london board advising the youth violence commission —— which is part of the all party parliamentary group on knife crime. leroy joins us live from east london. thank you very much forjoining us. you and i have spoken numerous times about statistics like these. what is

changing, what is being done to try to stop these raising figures?|j think to stop these raising figures?” think one of the things that is really changing is how normalised and extreme violence is used in a more regular basis. before you would have people that have differences, if they had to resort to violence it was normally punching and kicking, without using weapons. another seems to be the default is to use a weapon which inflicts more injuries and the likelihood of killing someone. there's that big issue and how that's creating a perfect storm of traumatised communities and when you are traumatised, it your assessment of risk is even more acute. he creates that fight or flight, and more often it is fight and people engage in that sort of extreme violence. that's one of the biggest

things and i think that police and other agencies need to recognise trauma informed services have to be included at understanding how this is developing at a younger age because you see youngsters play fighting with plastic knives and primary school and all of the sort of things. but we need to make sure that we give a great understanding... to regular behaviour if that makes sense. you talk about trauma services, what sort of thing do you mean, how would the available all day given the number of families and communities who were obviously affected by not only the fatalities but injuries that are not even part of these statistics? you've got thousands of peoples that have been injured and some life changing. so the full assessment of this is yet to be

understood. we have been working on this mission for the last three yea rs this mission for the last three years since 2016 and from our survey and concessions we are seeing that this is the tip of the iceberg and until we get the resources especially community replace —— police connecting these communities to understand the science of the trauma. for austerity community cops 01’ trauma. for austerity community cops ora trauma. for austerity community cops or a third of the numbers and then just in london alone we have less than 30,000 for the first time in 15 yea rs, than 30,000 for the first time in 15 years, and 700 detectives less than we had in the past for a few years. with increased number of inquiries and instances. being in a crisis situation and have actually asked to call in cobra to get the full assessment done across the country like we have done elsewhere and

really start to get the assets in place in a sustainable way. at the moment it's very piecemeal.“ place in a sustainable way. at the moment it's very piecemeal. if you look to other parts of the world perhaps where they have had once been described as an epidemic in managed to bring the numbers down and stop people being killed through knife crime how have they done it?l lot of it starts to recognise how violence is developed an early stage. toxic stress. trauma. and you see these things all the time. evening scenes of crime with tape everywhere. even that causes trauma we have nothing to do that walking by. where you sit on social media. that's another thing, social media has been accelerated this normalisation of violence and you it practically every day at someone social platform or another. we need

to understand the way in which violence is being dealt with where they think they can arrest their way out of the problem or stop and search their way out is not the way. it has to be a public health approach recognising this trauma at an earlier stage and we need earlier intervention and earlier prevention. at primary school age, of the running this programme for your nine stu d e nts running this programme for your nine students in 1a or 15—year—olds. we realise that you need to go even earlier because it builds from before they get into secondary school in the normalisation secondary schools and some lead extreme violence. you used the phrase a moment ago, you said toxic stress, what do you mean by that? stress can be a positive thing. he keeps our body functions, but if it's too high because of the trauma that that person is going through when we were born, we have been

brought up at a disadvantage and violence in the home and all of these other adverse experiences it can build to a toxic level that it impacts on how they assess risk, how they see violence as the norm and also the illnesses. certain toxic stress can bring on all sorts of long—term conditions, heart attack strokes and etc. and then presents itself in terms of violence at times susie these are the things we recognise as being the extent of it and that's by the public health approach rolling out in glasgow for the last ten years has had such significant results. they've reduced knife crime by a0% is still maintaining that level of crime which is a fraction of what we are seeing here in the uk with the rest of the uk. good to talk to you. thank you very much.

a man has told the bbc that he was left feeling suicidal after appearing on thejeremy kyle show. he raised his concerns with producers ten years ago, but says nothing was done. this week, the itv programme, was cancelled following the death of steve dymond. someone we're calling kevin — to protect his identity — says the warning signs had been there for a long time. he now wants to give evidence to a parliamentary review. debbie tubby reports from essex. it was horribly traumatic experience from the moment you stepped on stage and for years afterwards i got about as low as you could ever go. i reached the point where i seriously thought, 0k, is it worth continuing my life at this point? kevin, who does not want to be identified to protect those close to him says ten yea rs protect those close to him says ten years after he appeared on the programme he has not recovered from the trauma but has learned to live with it. is now offering his evidence to government inquiry. the jeremy kyle show‘s format has to go

extinct. the government certainly needs to take seriously this kind of show needs to stop and needs to be safe guards. he appeared on the show accused of making dramatic advances toward the woman. he said the programme ruined his career at the time. there were not so understanding. they did not at the time, and even now truly understand that just because it time, and even now truly understand thatjust because it says this is reality, that's not always the case. in this case it was not. for more than ten years the show has been scrutinising people's lives in front ofa scrutinising people's lives in front of a live audience watching as they fall apart. it was classed by some as entertainment and had millions of viewers, but last week steve diamond reportedly took his own life just days after appearing in an episode. there have been calls for other reality type programmes to be asked, mike who started on love i landed and played football for chelmsford

took his life a year after appearing on the programme from the second co ntesta nt on the programme from the second contestant to do so. seeing people humiliated or subjected to ridicule has real—life consequences and we are seeing a bit of a merge between reality and fiction. and when you see the real—life consequences of these events and perhaps make you pick again as to whether that's a television we really want to watch. somebody had to lose their life for the lesson to be learned, and i hope certainly for the man who suffered so badly in all the efforts that have suffered something positive does come out of this. he said axing the show was the only option and itv says its thoughts and sympathies are with the dead man's family and friends. rehearsals are underway — and the stage is set — for what's probably the most controversial eurovision song contest ever held. the finals will take place in israel tomorrow night, and madonna is scheduled to perform. but pro—palestinian campaigners have called for a boycott of the contest, and organisers fear protestors may

be planning to disrupt it. welcome to the eurovision song contest 2019. israel 2019, and the eurovision party's in full swing here in tel aviv. eurovision very much prides itself on being a celebration of inclusiveness, but the question this year is very much about exactly who's going to be coming to the party. this is hatari from iceland. they had doubts about coming to israel because of the palestinian conflict. and now they are here, they are under strict orders from the ebu, the european broadcasting union. you've been told no politics on stage. yes. which is impossible and a paradox. have you been told to stop talking about politics offstage?

yes, but the line is blurry. we've been warned. we've been told we've reached the limit of the ebu's tolerance regarding politics. but at the same time, we've been told they can't change our views. oh, my god, we have to show the people what you're wearing. it's insane. so, despite a campaign from pro—palestinian groups for a cultural boycott, it's pretty much business as normal. but one reason for that is that eurovision has its own politics. the politics of equality, inclusiveness and diversity, a point championed by last year's israeli winner, netta. eurovision was founded in order to heal up everyone. you can see in eurovision on one stage people from every ethnicity, gender, sexual preferences, religion, equal. and finally, madonna — has she signed the paperwork? will she actually performed?

i spoke to a eurovision insider. i have heard madonna's voice inside that arena, and it wasn't a cd. your confident, saturday night? i'm quietly confident. i'll put a shekel or two on it. david silito, bbc news, tel aviv. the headlines on bbc news. cross party brexit talks collapse — jeremy corbyn pulls the plug on them, blaming the weakness and instability of the government. the inquests into the london bridge attacks hears how a young nurse was killed, after rushing to the aid of one of the victims. a neo—nazi who planned to murder the labour mp, rosie cooper, is jailed for life at the old bailey. now on bbc news, it's time for samira ahmed and newswatch. under the spotlight this week, coverage ahead of next week's european elections.

hello and welcome to news watch with me, with andrew up to get nigel for rides with him last sunday. and do his praise a party and the other pa rt his praise a party and the other part competing next week in elections for the european parliament receive a fair and proportionate airtime on the bbc? one of andrew's and guests on his programme last sunday the money was nigel faraj from the leader of the bra kes nigel faraj from the leader of the brakes a party polls for the elections to the european parliament. he was not happy with the line of questioning. here we are with one of the biggest changes in politics at ever occurred and you are not even interested what is wrong with the bbc? do you still wa nt to wrong with the bbc? do you still want to roll back on controls and

add guns to this country? i've been going around the country speaking at rallies every night, and you know who is not there? the bbc and from this line of questioning i can see why. you are just not interested. we we re why. you are just not interested. we were just not interested. let's talk about democracy and trust and competence in politics. this is ludicrous. do you still feel that people with hiv should not be allowed in this country? do i think the national health service is there for british people, yes i do. this is absolutely ludicrous, i've never in my life seen a more ridiculous interview. some viewers enjoyed that robust encounter with john interview. some viewers enjoyed that robust encounter withjohn writing wonderful to see... but the vast majority of those who contacted the bbc were as unimpressed as mr faraj.

he had obviously been put up to